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2024 Stanford Summer Session Courses

Calculus

This course addresses a variety of topics centered around the theme of "calculus with infinite processes", largely the content of BC-level AP Calculus that isn't in the AB-level syllabus. It is needed throughout probability and statistics at all levels, as well as to understand approximation procedures that arise in all quantitative fields (including economics and computer graphics). After an initial review of limit rules, the course goes on to discuss sequences of numbers and of functions, as well as limits "at infinity" for each (needed for any sensible discussion of long-term behavior of a numerical process, such as: iterative procedures and complexity in computer science, dynamic models throughout economics, and repeated trials with data in any field). Integration is discussed for rational functions (a loose end from Math 20) and especially (improper) integrals for unbounded functions and "to infinity": this shows up in contexts as diverse as escape velocity for a rocket, the present value of a perpetual yield asset, and important calculations in probability (including the famous "bell curve" and to understand why many statistical tests work as they do). The course then turns to infinite series (how to "sum" an infinite collection of numbers), some useful convergence and divergence rests for these, and the associated killer app: power series and their properties, as well as Taylor approximations, all of which provide the framework that underlies virtually all mathematical models used in any quantitative field. If you have not previously taken a calculus course at Stanford then you must have taken the math placement diagnostic (offered through the Math Department website) in order to register for this course.

Details:

Catalog Number
MATH 21-01
Class Number
23054
Course Cost
$5488.00
Population
High School, Undergraduate, Graduate
Units
4
Interest Area
Math and Data Science
Course Format & Length
In-Person, 8 weeks
Instructors
Wickham, Z.
Dates
-
Prerequisites

MATH 20 or equivalent.

Schedule
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

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Students who take Summer Session courses are awarded Stanford credit. Course costs are set by the university, based on number of units. Estimates shown here do not reflect the full cost of tuition and fees.
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